Dyeing apparatus



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T. P. KYNE. DYEING AEPARATUS.

No. 531,847. Patented Jan. 1, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT einen.

T-HOMAS., F. KYNE, `OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

DYEING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,847, dated January 1, 1895.

Application tiled June 8,1894. Serial No. 53.3,921 (No model.)

- 'To @ZZ whom may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. KYNE, of Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dyeing Apparatus, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to dyeing, bleaching, carbonizing or washing machines, and particularly to that class which is provided with means for extracting the solution from goods bythe centrifugal action incident to the rapid rotation of the basketholding said goods.

My object is to construct an apparatus of this class, comprising a case, a basket therein having perforated sides and bottom, means to raise and lower the basket to immerse the goods, and means whereby when the basket becomes automatically connected to the flanged collar on the drive shaft, so that the further rotation of said shaft will then rotate the basket, and by centrifugal action extractor expel the solution from the goods in said basket thereby leaving the goods nearly dry, and also retaining the major part of the solution in the case, to be used again.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described and whichare specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,inwhich Figure 1, is a side elevation of the machine and its driving'mechanism. Fig. 2, is a top plan thereof. Fig. 3, is a vertical transverse sectional elevation of the casing, basket, elevatin g screw and sleeve, steam coil, and part of the upper works. Fig. 4, is a side elevation of the basket, detached. Fig. 5, is an elevation of the drive shaft, detached. Fig.

6, is an enlarged side elevation of the detachable connection between the basket and the drive shaft, showing such connection broken and also showing part of the drive shaft, the iange'd collar thereon, the rotating ring upon its flange, the pin Secured to said ring and projecting through and below said ange, the collar secured to the top of the sleeve in the basket, the stud projecting above the sleeve collar, and the latch erected upon the said rotating ring. Fig. 7, is a top plan View of the anged collar upon the drive shaft, ,the rotating ring upon the flange of said collar, its connections to said ange, the latch upon said ring, the head ofthe shifting pin secured in said ring, and showing by dotted linesV the aperture (a) in the dange, through which said latch is projected, when said aperture coincides with the point of the latch, also by dotted lines, the slot or elongated aperture in the flange of said collar, through which the shifting pin of the ring projects and in which it traverses to rotate said ring. Fig. 8, isa vertical section taken onthe line oc, fc, of Fig. 7, and showing the collar upon the basket sleeve raised so as to bring the stud upon this collar into engagement with the shifting pin, to rotate the ring which carries the latch. Fig. 9, is a vertical sectional view, taken on or about the line y-yof Fig. 7.

-A-, is the case or solution holder, cylindrical in form and havingatightbottom, and carrying the frame composed of the bars -c -c and c and the idle pulleys -dare journaled upon the frame bar -c'- over which the drive belt -eleads from the drive pulley f to the driven pulley 2 secured upon the drive shaft -Z which shaft is threaded substantially as shown.

B, is the basket, comprising a cylindrical and perforated body, a perforated bottom and a tubular and internally threaded sleeve 3, adapted to receive the threaded portion of the drive shaft. A collar Ll, is secured upon the top of this sleeve, the drive shaft passing through it, and this collar is also provided with a perforation -cL-- shown in Fig. 8, and further provided with a vertical pincr stud -5-. The disk 5, at the bottom of the shaft l, is provided with a stud G, which is engaged by the stud Gb, of the basket, when at the bottom.

Upon the drive shaft a collar -his secured by the set screw (h) and is provided with a flange Us) integral with the collar body and the ring (k) which is loosely connected with the flange (la) and also lits loosely around the collar, resting upon the iiange; such connection comprising the slot ways (m) in the ring k', and the bolts or screws m projecting through the slots into the iiange 7a, the latter' ICO also having a perforation a. construction is provided for the purpose of allowing the ring lo', a limited movement that the bolt 11, may be moved out of alignment with the apertures. A stud or pin (6) is also fixed to said ring (a) and projects through a slot way (n) (dotted lines Fig. 7) in said flange, its lower end projecting below said Iiange and being adapted to engage with the stud (5) when the basket is raised high enough.

Upon the ring (t') a tubular post (9) is erected and in it a spring (10) and a spring bolt (l1) are placed, the spring engaging with said bolt to eject it downward, through the perforations (-a-a.') in the Bange and collar, when the ring is shifted by the pin (5) engaging with the pin -6- so as to permit the bolt to enter said perforation.

In use the sleeve collar (4) is Iirstdisengaged by lifting the bolt 11 out of the apertures in the flange lo, and collar4, and then as the drive shaft is rotated one way, the basket is lowered into the solution in the case, immersing and saturating the goods, then reversing the rotation of the drive shaft, the basket is raised until, when above the solution,its height in the holder being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the stud (5) comes into engagement with the stud -6- and when the ring (c) is thereby shifted so that the spring (10) throws the bolt 1l down through the apertures in the ange (lo) and collar (4) and thus locks the basket automatically to the shaft, and thereafter they rotate together and the centrifugal force extracts or ejects the greater part of the solution from the goods into the case, and after sufficient time the goods are removed from the basket The aforesaid.

nearly dry. Then when the basket has been refilled, the 4bolt (11) is withdrawn and the ring (k) shifted byhand or otherwise, until the point of the bolt rests upon the flange and then the rotation of the shaft lowers the basket again.

Inasmuch as the raising and lowering of a perforated basket by means of a threaded drive shaft is old, I make no claim thereto separately, but only claim it in conjunction and combination with my other mechanism.

I claim as my inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An apparatus for dyeing or other purposes consisting of a case, a basket mounted upon a threaded drive shaft, and means at the top and bottom to lock said basket -and shaft together and to rotate them simultaneously.

2. An apparatus for dyeing or other purposes consisting of a case, a basket, a drive shaft adapted to raise and lower the said basket, a collar on the drive shaft having a flange, and means for automatically locking the basket to the liange, for the purpose described.

3. An apparatus for dyeing or other purposes, consisting of a case and a basket therein adapted to be moved vertically without rotation, and a bolt by which it is locked when raised to its utmost height, a drive shaft adapted to raise and lower the basket and to rotate it when locked.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this llthday of May, 1894.

THOS. F. KYNE.

In presence of- JAS. BARTLEY, HOWARD P. DENIsoN. 

